Cucumber Reports (no 5922) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5922	31 Oct 2025, 09:04

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:40.392	Passed

1:2.004

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.254

When the network is plugged 10.913

And I successfully configure Tor 42.782

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.471

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.234

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.333

When the network is plugged 0.077

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.248

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.255

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.266

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.304

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.062

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.268

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.185

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.071

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.723

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.118

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.789

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.847

Output 1

Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.338

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:33.109

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.442

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.200

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 1:23.522

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.927

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:29.978

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.365

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.610

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:19.829

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.163

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.591

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.144

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.022

And I start the computer 1.065

And the computer boots Tails 59.303

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.277

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.249

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.115

When the network is plugged 0.074

And I successfully configure Tor 19.783

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.372

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.864

Scenario I can manually recover from time sync failure when connecting automatically to obfs4 bridges with a clock East of UTC

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.446

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 4.667

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.852

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.827

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.350

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.122

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.339

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.130

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.466

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.323

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.008

Scenario I can connect to obfs4 bridges having a clock East of UTC while hiding that I am using Tor

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.296

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193

And all notifications have disappeared 4.639

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.863

# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 4.019

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.178

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.806

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.893

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.394

# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.385

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.114

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.538

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.426

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.260

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.495

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.111

And the network is plugged 0.097

And Tor is ready 9.070

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.482

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.497

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:40.392	Passed

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